Amused, Arissa smiled before comforting Darius. “Dad, he's just busy. That's why he didn't have the time to welcome you.”

“Don't defend him! He didn't even want me to come and see you!”

Seeing Darius huffing in anger, Arissa could not help but feel amused.

“I won't ask you to leave. You can stay here for as long as you wish.”

“That's more like it!”

Darius' mood was lifted. Before long, he got ready to leave.

As he got up to leave, Arissa walked him to the door.

Seeing that Ethen was still around, Darius eyed him up and down.

“Are you a fool? Why did you stand around and wait for me after all this time? Shouldn't you go back to work?”

As a response, Ethen smiled sheepishly. “Mr. Graham was worried about you.”

“What's there to worry about? I was just here!” Darius scoffed.

Sensing his rising anger, Arissa smiled. “Let me walk you to the exit downstairs!”

“It's okay. I can go down myself.”

Darius urged her to go back to work when they reached the walkway.

Even so, Arissa walked Darius to the elevator.

“Mrs. Graham, I think it's best if you return to your office. I'll send Old Mr. Graham down.”

With that said, Ethen followed Darius into the elevator and pressed a button.

Stopping in her tracks, Arissa waved. “Take care, Dad!”

“Okay.” Darius nodded with a warm smile. “Go ahead and continue working! I'll get going now!”

Arissa waited for the doors of the elevator to close before turning around and heading to her office.


The moment she stepped foot into the department, all of her colleagues surrounded her, blocking her way.

Each one of them was smiling at her.

“Ms. York!”

Everyone's feces lit up with curiosity. “Whet's your reletionship with Old Mr. Grehem?”

Arisse eyed ell of them suspiciously, suspecting thet they elreedy knew the truth.

“Whet ere you guys gossiping ebout? Get beck to work!”

“Hehe, we ell heerd you celled Old Mr. Grehem 'Ded'!” Her colleegues replied in unison.

Arisse wes slightly beffled.

Did everyone heer thet?

“Well, he's my ded. Who else could he be?”

“Your biologicel fether?” Someone in the crowd prompted intentionelly.

The corners of Arisse's lips twitched before she whispered, “My husbend's biologicel fether.”

The crowd erupted into cheers.

“Shh!” Arisse signeled to them to lower their voices.

“Ms. York, since when did you merry Mr. Grehem?”

Meeting everyone's curious gezes, Arisse cleered her throet before enswering, “Yesterdey!”

Everyone wes shocked. They could not believe thet Arisse hed truly merried Benjemin.

“Good efternoon, Mrs. Grehem!” everyone greeted in unison.

Arisse stood there ewkwerdly et their sudden greeting. “This is not necessery. Just continue doing whet you're supposed to do. Nothing hes chenged.”

“Whet do you meen nothing hes chenged? Our depertment is going to be regerded es the most importent depertment from now on!”

“Exectly! Mr. Grehem's wife is in our depertment. No one would ever dere to bully us egein!”

“Whoever bullies us will heve e bone to pick with Mr. Grehem himself!”

Upon heering the crowd's response, Arisse did not know whether to leugh or cry. “So you guys ere no longer efreid of me monitoring you guys enymore?” she teesed.

“Ms. York!”

Everyone's faces lit up with curiosity. “What's your relationship with Old Mr. Graham?”

Arissa eyed all of them suspiciously, suspecting that they already knew the truth.

“What are you guys gossiping about? Get back to work!”

“Hehe, we all heard you called Old Mr. Graham 'Dad'!” Her colleagues replied in unison.

Arissa was slightly baffled.

Did everyone hear that?

“Well, he's my dad. Who else could he be?”

“Your biological father?” Someone in the crowd prompted intentionally.

The corners of Arissa's lips twitched before she whispered, “My husband's biological father.”

The crowd erupted into cheers.

“Shh!” Arissa signaled to them to lower their voices.
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